I’ve been doing a lot of research the last few days for what my best options are for my new living room remodel. I’ve been absent from speaker building for a number of years so I wasn’t up to speed on what is available these days. If anyone has some advice or suggestions for my room and situation I am all ears.
The living room is approx. 16ft by 20ft. Unfortunately the new speakers will need to reside in a new (to be built) cabinet on the long wall (3ft offset from centre of wall). Cabinet will be 64” wide, 19” deep and extend from floor to the 9ft ceiling. The tv will occupy the cabinet section at 39” to 75” from the floor. Area’s left for speakers is above the 75” height level or an 8 or 9” high section just under the tv section. There will also be a bench area next to the cabinet that will allow for a sub to be built into its base if needed.
Speakers will be used for 2 channel music about 50% of the time and most likely in a 3.1 configuration for movies/TV the rest of the time. Surround may be added at some point but they are not a priority. Speakers will be driven by a Denon S700 HT receiver.
From my recent research I am thinking of building some bookshelf enclosures (sealed vs vented??) for the Alpair 7.3 (or 10.2) drivers to serve as the front and centre channels. I'm also thinking of using a pair of CSS SDX10 sub woofers for filling in the low end and crossing them over around 100 or 120hz. Open to ideas on how best to integrate these two or what better options are available.
Thanks
The living room is approx. 16ft by 20ft. Unfortunately the new speakers will need to reside in a new (to be built) cabinet on the long wall (3ft offset from centre of wall). Cabinet will be 64” wide, 19” deep and extend from floor to the 9ft ceiling. The tv will occupy the cabinet section at 39” to 75” from the floor. Area’s left for speakers is above the 75” height level or an 8 or 9” high section just under the tv section. There will also be a bench area next to the cabinet that will allow for a sub to be built into its base if needed.
Speakers will be used for 2 channel music about 50% of the time and most likely in a 3.1 configuration for movies/TV the rest of the time. Surround may be added at some point but they are not a priority. Speakers will be driven by a Denon S700 HT receiver.
From my recent research I am thinking of building some bookshelf enclosures (sealed vs vented??) for the Alpair 7.3 (or 10.2) drivers to serve as the front and centre channels. I'm also thinking of using a pair of CSS SDX10 sub woofers for filling in the low end and crossing them over around 100 or 120hz. Open to ideas on how best to integrate these two or what better options are available.
Thanks